Lewis Cope and Jonny Labey set for Strangers on a Train tour

Lead casting has been confirmed for the new UK and Ireland tour of Craig Warner’s stage adaptation of Strangers on a Train, which will kick off early next year.

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, which was also adapted into Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 film, the production will be directed by Roxana Silbert.

The tour will open at Theatre Royal Windsor on 15 January 2027, with full dates below. Further stops are planned for September to November 2027.

Strangers on a Train follows two strangers who meet during a train journey, sparking an obsession with the perfect crime. The production is dedicated to the memory of Warner, who died earlier this year.

Lewis Cope will take on the role of Charles Bruno, opposite Jonny Labey as Guy Haines.

Strangers on a Train is directed by Silbert, with set and costume design by Robert Innes Hopkins, lighting design by Matt Haskins and sound design by Elizabeth Purnell.

Silbert is a former artistic director of Paines Plough, Birmingham Rep and Hampstead Theatre, and was an associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The currently announced tour dates are: Theatre Royal Windsor from 15 to 16 January; Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 26 to 30 January; Grand Opera House, York from 2 to 6 February; Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham from 9 to 13 February; Theatr Clwyd, Mold from 16 to 20 February; Theatre Royal Glasgow from 23 to 27 February; Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 2 to 6 March; Richmond Theatre from 9 to 13 March; New Theatre, Peterborough from 16 to 20 March; His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen from 30 March to 3 April; Theatre Royal Brighton from 6 to 10 April; Gaiety Theatre, Dublin from 13 to 17 April; Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham from 20 to 24 April; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford from 4 to 8 May; Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford from 11 to 15 May; and Darlington Hippodrome from 18 to 22 May.

From June, the tour will visit New Theatre Cardiff from 1 to 5 June, Liverpool Playhouse from 8 to 12 June, Dartford’s Orchard Theatre from 15 to 19 June, Hall for Cornwall Truro from 22 to 26 June, Theatre Royal Bath from 29 June to 3 July, Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield from 6 to 10 July and Curve, Leicester from 13 to 17 July.